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4 Mar 2016
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 03/04 15:54 Meat Futures Close Choppy Week With Moderate Gains The cattle complex closed solidly higher, supported by late-week short-covering and outside markets. Lean hog futures settled moderately higher thanks to pre-weekend profit taking and technical buying. By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMEN...
4 Mar 2016
DTN Closing Grain Comments 03/04 14:00 Brazil's Turmoil Sends Soybeans Higher May soybeans closed higher Friday with a surge of unexpected buying related to political news from Brazil. Corn ended a little higher and survived a test of its January low this week while wheat prices closed mixed on light volume.
4 Mar 2016
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 03/04 11:57 Feeder Cattle Futures Rally Higher Late Friday Morning Despite sluggish early trade, strong buyer support flooded the cattle market late morning Friday. This pushed feeder cattle futures to triple digit gains as traders focus on end of the week positioning opportunities and the ability to draw additional su...
4 Mar 2016
DTN Midday Grain Comments 03/04 11:37 Grains Mixed at Midday Corn and wheat are mixed, but beans up a dime at midday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are higher with the Dow up 75 points. The interest rate products are lower. The dollar index is 35 points lower. Energies are higher with crude u...
4 Mar 2016
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 03/04/16 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 37 WEEK T0 DATE: 126 STEERS No reportable trade HEIFERS 37 135.00-135.00 135.00-135.00 135.00 NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 2,049 WEEK TO DATE: 2,464 STEERS 790 212.00-214.00 212.00-214.00 213.89 HEIFER...